Shaving cabinet



Oct. 30, 1934. G, ROLLER 1,978,819

l SHAVING CABINET vFiled Jan. 5, 1934 ffy] l l l Patented Oct. 30, 1934VUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE sHAviNG CABINET Gustave Roller, New York,N. Y. Appliesuon January 1934, serial No. 705,328

s claims. (o1. 24o-4) The invention relates to cabinets having amirrored door and having its interior arranged to contain various toiletarticles. It has for its A main object to provide a mirrored cabinet inwhich means are provided for illuminating the face of the user and inwhich means are provided for drying certain of the articles stored inthe cabinet.

A further object is to provide means within kil. the cabinet forsuspending tubes of shaving and other creams in such a manner that thetubes will be readily accessible and that their contents may be readilydispensed.

Additional objects are to provide a cabinet of Inf simple and convenientconstruction and of heat appearance, which can be manufactured at acomparatively low cost.

These and various other objects and advantages will be readilyunderstood from the follow- 120i ing description and from theaccompanying drawing of a preferred embodiment of the invention inwhich, however, modifications may be made without departing from thescope of the appended claims. In the drawing,

` Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet shown with the door closed,

Fig. 2 is another front elevation of the cabinet shown with the dooropen, and

n Fig. 3 is a cross-section side View of the cabif30T net shown with thedoor removed.

Referring now to all the views, simultaneously, the cabinet is providedwith a door 11, which `is hinged to it by means of hinges 12. The

outer face of the door is provided with a mirror 3.5 13 in the lowerpart of which a piece of the glass 14 is left transparent orsemi-transparent. The mirror may be of either standard type or of themagnifying kind, while the part 14 may be either clear or frosted glass.

A shelf 15 is inserted in the cabinet and in the compartment 16, whichis formed below this shelf, an electric light bulb 17 is contained. Thisbulb is held in a socket 18 and the wires 19 from this socket lead toany convenient source 4.5i of electric current. A plurality of air vents20 are formed in the bottom 21 of the cabinet. These air holes arelocated immediately below the bulb 17. A slot 22 is formed in the shelf15 immediately above the lamp 17, while a plu- 59T rality of air outlets23 are located in the sidewall of the cabinet close to its upper end.

It is evident that when lamp 17 is lit, as when used for illuminatingthe face of the user, a current of air will be drawn through the: vents20 and, after being heated from passing over the lamp, will floatthrough the slot 22 and out through the outlet 23. These currents ofheated air are used or the purpose which will now be explained.

The slot 22 is of such a size that the head of any ordinary type ofsafety razor, such as 24, may be placed in it. As the heated air passesthrough the slot it effectively dries the razor head and its blade.

Other implements, such as the shaving brush shown at 24A and the toothbrush shown at 25, may be placed in the cabinet in such manner as to beeffectively dried by the heated air currents which pass up along oneside of the cabinet. The shaving brush is shown secured in a holder 25and the tooth brush in a holder 27.

Clamps 28 and 29 are secured to the rear wall of the cabinet, as shown,and from these clamps tubes of shaving cream, tooth paste or othersimilar toilet requisites may be suspended. A tube of shaving cream isshown at 30 and a tube of tooth paste at 31.

By suspending the tubes in the manner shown, they may be swung outwards,as plainly shown in Fig. 3, so that they need not be removed from theclamp when it is desired to dispense some of the cream or paste. Thetubes are preferably provided with a cap 32 having a hinged cover 33, sothat the cap need not be removed when the cream or paste is dispensed.This kind of cover also makes it possible to manipulate it with onehand, while the other hand holds the implement on which the paste orcream is to be deposited.

A small receptacle 34 is placed in the cabinet above the shelf and inthis receptacle razor blades may be stored.

From the aforegoing it will be seen that this cabinet provides not onlymeans for illuminating the face of the user while shaving in front ofthe mirror door, but it provides means for keeping the shaving and otherimplements in a sanitary condition by drying them irrimediately afteruse. It also provides a very handy method of dispensing the variouscreams and pastes used.

It will furthermore be noticed that while the heated currents passingthrough the cabinet will effectively dry such implements as are placedin these currents, the contents of the tubes are not aected and cause todry out, as would be the case if the heated current passed through thewhole of the upper compartment of the cabinet.

Having 4described my invention and its objects, what I claim as new andwish to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a cabinet having a mirrored door provided withmeans for illuminating the face of the user; a shelf dividing thecabinet into an upper and lower compartment; an electric lamp containedin the lower compartment; a series of Vents formed in the cabinet forcreating currents of lair through the lower and upper compartments, andsaid currents heated by the electric lamp as they pass around it.

2. In combination with a cabinet having a mirrored door provided withmeans for illuminating the face of the user; a shelf dividing thecabinet into an upper and lower compartment; an electric lamp containedto one side in the lower compartment; a series of air vents formed inthe cabinet for creating currents of air up.

along one side of the upper and lower com-V ments; said air currentsheated by the electric lamp as they pass around it; means for supportingvarious implements in the path o'f said currents; and means forsupporting Various toilet articles outside of the path of said currents.

GUSTAVE ROLLER.

